Jack & Annalise Klien Why We Give – Rebecca Klien (Children – Jack and Annalise) In 2011, a dear friend lost her husband in Afghanistan, and our family was inspired to look for ways to help military families. When we found Semper Fi & America’s Fund, we knew we’d be supporters for life. My children…
MSgt Dean Zenoni (Ret.) & Dr. Lorri Zenoni
MSgt Dean Zenoni (Ret.) & Dr. Lorri Zenoni Why We Give? We give because we have been there. As an injured veteran and his wife, we know how life-changing the support from Semper Fi & America’s Fund is. We want to help our fellow brothers and sisters to let them know that no one is left…
Bob & Gladys Rodriguez
Bob & Gladys Rodriguez My husband and I found out about the Semper Fi & America’s Fund in 2005 (then it was called the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund), when my daughter-in-law told us about a friend who had been injured in Iraq and was at Walter Reed Hospital. We went to visit him, and…
Tony & Maureen LaBoa
We can’t write big checks, but we can talk about Semper Fi & America’s Fund so that folks donate what they can. Part of our fundraising used to involve a massive yard sale. At one of these, a WWII vet (I could tell by his baseball cap) walked up the driveway, asked who was in…
Land of the Free Foundation
Land of the Free Foundation Those of us at the Land of the Free Foundation are proud and honored to be able to support Semper Fi and America’s Fund (“The Fund”). When we started our Foundation back in 2007, we were looking for beneficiaries who would support our mission to support Service Members and their…
Michelle Kinsella
Michelle Kinsella Everything I do for Semper Fi & America’s Fund is to honor my dad, who everyone affectionately calls Sgt. Bob, USMC November 1966 – December 1970. I started running for The Fund in 2010 to honor the hard work my father did (almost 40+ years after he got home from Vietnam) and to…
Elizabeth Kellogg, Semper Fi Open
Elizabeth Kellogg, Semper Fi Open Our relationship with Semper Fi & America’s Fund started almost 10 years ago. Our business is based around military contracting, and we wanted to find a way to give back. My sister approached my dad about starting a golf tournament to raise money; the first thing he tasked her with…
Matt Phillips, Military Java Group
Matt Phillips, Military Java Group It’s an honor and privilege to be working with Semper Fi & America’s Fund and assisting them in their mission of supporting our wounded troops from all service branches. They are very special to me as my dad was a WWII Marine who spent 20+ months in the Pacific, and…
Cody McGregor, Barrington Family Foundation
Cody McGregor, Barrington Family Foundation Five years ago, our family learned of a brave Marine who had sustained life-altering injuries while serving in Afghanistan. When we reached out to him to see if we could help, he and his wife recommended we instead consider Semper Fi & America’s Fund. We did and were impressed with…
Clint Smith, Community Athlete
Clint Smith, Community Athlete When asked “why I give” to Semper Fi & America’s Fund, the first thing that comes to mind is gratitude. When The Fund is called to help our patriotic warriors, it is my hope that these heroes find some peace in knowing their sacrifice is appreciated. Our military is called to…
Sgt Maj Harold A. Dulude, USMC (Ret.)
Sgt Maj Harold A. Dulude, USMC (Ret.) There are many reasons I contribute monthly to Semper Fi & America’s Fund, but the main reason is because of the help they provide to our injured military personnel and their families at a time when help is needed the most. I started contributing to Semper Fi &…
Kristi Willette, Willette Charitable Foundation
Kristi Willette, Willette Charitable Foundation Chick Willette, my late husband, is our inspiration and our purpose. His service to protect our freedom resulted in a terminal disease many years later. It wasn’t until meeting Semper Fi & America’s Fund that we realized the full scope of the sacrifices of our service members. It’s because of…
